Hubble's law explains that the reason most galaxies are moving away from one another is because the whole universe is expanding. Pick any two galaxies at random, and the chances are they’re ...

This discovery, known as Hubble's law, is one of the major planks of evidence for the famous "big bang" model of the universe. ... (Boyle’s law and Ohm’s law are two other well-known examples).

Edwin Hubble 1889 - 1953. ... He was bored with law and decided to go back to his studies in astronomy. In 1919 he began to work at Mt. Wilson Observatory in California, ...

A resolution to suggest the renaming of the law was presented and discussed at the IAU’s 30th General Assembly, held in Vienna in August. “This resolution was proposed in order to pay tribute ...